Using of Have or Has in English

Have or Has? In English grammar, we are familiar with these words, right?

Yep, in English these words we know as Verb 1 and the meaning is Mempunyai in Indonesia.

But do you know guys, Have or has also have other functions besides as a verb. Do you want to know?

#1. As Verb

As I already stated before, Have or has become verb in present tense and the meaning is "mempunyai". We use Have if the subject is I/ you / we / they.

And we use Has if the subject is He / she / it

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Those if we use them in positive sentences.

• Diana has a fluffy cat in her house
• Sam and erick have good friends in their school

In the negative and interrogative, Has become Have because of Does for subject He/ she / it

#2. As Auxiliary verb in perfect tense

Have or has become an auxiliary verb in perfect tense before Verb 3 ( participle). In indonesia have/has as aux.verb in perfect tense meaning is "Telah". In negative and interrogative, have or has doesn't change their form or the verb (participle). Similar with have or has in present tense, have is for I/you/they/we while has for he/she/it

• Meta has waited for her mother since morning
• They have played chess for two hourse
• kiki has not eaten the meal since this afternoon
• Have you asked him to join our club?

#3. As Modals auxiliary verb

As modals, Have or has is joined with TO becomes Have to or Has to and the meaning is "Harus" (*obligation similar with Must).Similar with have or has in present tense, have is for I/you/they/we while has for he/she/it. After Have to or has to following by verb 1 (infinitive)

• Toni's unclehas torepair his car before going trip
• Nana and her sister have to finish their assignment
• Sonya hasn't to send the message to me later on
• Children Haven't to study in the house with their family

Nouns: Material and Collective Nouns

Last posts we had already known about concept of nouns, do you still remember? Well, to refresh your mind A noun is a word for a person, place, or thing. (You might like to think of nouns as naming words.) Everything we can see or talk about is represented by a word which names it. That "naming word" is called a noun.And also we already know about proper and common nouns.

In this post, we will discuss about kind of nouns : Material and Collective nouns. Both of them together with proper and common nouns are including in Concrete Nouns:

3.Material Nouns

Material nouns are names of a material or a substance or an ingredient of an alloy.Usually the words or things are from nature. Examples : gold, silver, wood, cotton, calcium, diamond, plastic, iron etc.Let's see the table below:

Few of the Material Nouns	Few of the Natural Gifts :
Gold Salt Iron Silver Bronze Brass Copper Steel Aluminium Lead Gem Diamond Coral Coal Calcium Plastic Rubber Glass Fibre Paper Paint Plywood Synthetics Cement Shampoo Wine Soap Tar Perfume Chemical Rexene	Lake Islands Planets Granite Hills Star Clouds Plants Tree Forest Rain Moon Soil Mountain Salt Peak Pond River Water Falls Milk Stream Honey Beach Wheat Sea Paddy Sky Fruits Sun Vegetables Greens Flowers Air Wood Jute Cotton Clay Stone Bamboo Leather Wool Hair Petrol Diesel Oil Ocean Wave Cyclone

Examples:

• Iron is very useful metal.
• This is a building of marbles.
• The child drank the milk.

2.Collective Nouns

Collective nouns, a special class, name groups (things) composed of members (usually people). Check out the chart below:

army audience board cabinet class committee company corporation

council department faculty family firm group jury majority

minority navy public school senate society team troupe

In sentences, collective nouns can be either singular or plural, depending on context. In writing, this double status often causes agreement errors. How do you tell if a collective noun is singular or plural? What verbs and pronouns do you use with the collective noun?Let's check the examples below :

Collective nouns as plural in sentences

• After the three-hour practice under the brutal sun, the team shower, change into their street clothes, and head to their air-conditioned homes.
• After the long exam, the class start their research papers on famous mathematicians.
• The jury disagree about the guilt of the accused and have told the judge that they are hopelessly deadlocked.

Collective nouns as singular in sentences

• My team wins the match
• The herd is following the sheperd
• That company hires for a supervisor

NOTE:

Whenever you cannot decide if a collective noun is singular or plural, exercise your options as a writer. You have two ways that you can compose the sentence without causing an agreement error:

• insert the word members after the collective noun (jury members, committee members, board members)
• or use an entirely different word (players instead of team, students instead of class, soldiers instead of army)

Then you can use plural verbs and pronouns without worrying about making mistakes or sounding unnatural.

Nouns : proper or common nouns ?

Last posts we had already known about concept of nouns, do you still remember? Well, to refresh your mind A noun is a word for a person, place, or thing. (You might like to think of nouns as naming words.) Everything we can see or talk about is represented by a word which names it. That "naming word" is called a noun.

In this post, we will discuss about kind of nouns : Proper and Common nouns. What are they? Let 's we find out.

1.Common Nouns

Common Nouns is name people, places, and things. Every noun can further be classified as common or proper. A common noun names general items. name people, places, and things. A common noun names general items.The important thing to remember is that common nouns are general names. Thus, they are not capitalized unless they begin a sentence or are part of a title.

Can you mention name of things in your house? such as : door, refrigerator, book, shelf, cupboard, tv, sofa, fan, air conditioner and etc. All of those things are common nouns.

2.Proper Nouns

Nouns name people, places, and things. Every noun can further be classified as common or proper. A proper noun has two distinctive features:

• it will name a specific (usually a one-of-a-kind) item, and
• it will begin with a capital letter no matter where it occurs in a sentence.

Can you mention your friends names? such as : Jony, Feby, Teguh, Rizal, Anthony, Jesy, and etc. All of people's name are proper nouns whereas the word "people" itself is common nouns.

Now, let see table beside. And see the examples of sentences. The italic words are proper nouns whereas the bolds are common nouns

• My brother can speak Japanese, English, Javanese, French and Swedish languages well
• Her father is an adventurer. He knows well about Rinjani mountain and Bromo mountain.
• My friend, Justin likes to buy expensive cars such as : Chevrolet, Mercedes Benz, Lamboghini and Porsche.

Examples of Greeting Conversation

Hi guys, have you read about How to greet someone around the world before? this post is still talking about greeting. As we know, there are 2 kind of conversation : Formal and Informal. So does greeting do to.

This below are examples of greeting conversation in formal and nonformal ways:

Example 1

Lisa :Hi, Gun. Fancy meeting you here.How are you today?

Gun :Lisa! Hi. I'm fine.

Lisa :Gee.We haven't been each other for a long time

Gun :Yeah, it must be close to two years

Lisa :Still working at hospital?

Gun :Come on, let's not go into that. By the way, how is your family?

Lisa :We are pretty well. Thanks.Why don't you come to my house tonight? They'll be very pleased to meet you.

Gun :Alright. I'll be there around seven.

Lisa :Ok.See you then

Gun :Alright.Bye, Lisa

Example 2

Mr.Edo :Good morning, mis, how do you do?

Mrs.Eva :Oh, good morning, how do you do?

Mr.Edo :Btw, my name is Edo, nice to meet you

Mrs.Eva :Mm, my name is Eva, nice to meet you too

Mr.Edo :Sorry for being unpolite, are you Eva Sriwidodo?

Mrs.Eva :Yes, I am, why sir?

Mr.Edo :Oh God, did you forget about me Ev?

Mrs.Eva :Ev? Oh gee. Long time no see Edo, you're changed of all

Mr.Edo :Hahaha, really?

Mrs.Eva :Yeahh, well, how is everything?

Mr.Edo :pretty good, but since I moved to America, I felt bored there

Mrs.Eva :Really? I was thinking if I could go there someday :)

Mr.Edo :Ya, you need to go there once. Next time I'll invite you to go with me there

Mrs.Eva :Really? Oh thanks Edo for your invitation

Mr.Edo :You're welcome Ev.

Now it's your turn, which one is informal and formal conversation? Now let write and practice your new conversation with your partner. Thanks for visit my blog and read thisExamples of Greeting Conversation post:)

Understanding Concept of Nouns

What are Nouns? We know that a sentence should have noun. Not every word is noun, but every noun is word, isn't it? haha.A noun is a word for a person, place, or thing. (You might like to think of nouns as naming words.) Everything we can see or talk about is represented by a word which names it. That "naming word" is called a noun.

Sometimes a noun will be the name for something we can touch (e.g., tiger, bread, computer), and sometimes a noun will be the name for something we cannot touch (e.g., happiness, trust, love).

Everything is represented by a word that lets us talk about it. This includes people (e.g., woman, teacher), animals (e.g., fish, bird), places (e.g.,hospital, shop), objects (e.g., vase, pencil), substances (e.g., wood, metal), qualities (e.g., heroism, sorrow), actions (e.g., swimming, dancing), and measures (e.g., inch, ounce).

Here are some more examples:

• soldier - Alan - cousin - Frenchman (< names for people)
• cat - hippopotamus - owl - cub (< names for animals)

• happiness - beauty - bravery - health - faith (< names for qualities)
• playing - cooking - barking - reading - listening (< names for actions)
• year - inch - day - pound - kilogram (< names for measures)
• house - Jakarta - factory - garage (< names for places)
• chair - eyeglasses - blanket - freezer(< names for objects)
• metal - oxygen - water - ice (< names for substances)

Okay I think enough for this post about basic concept of Noun, later I'll write again for more explanation about noun, see you :).